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The Nicodemus enterprise. [volume] (Nicodemus, Kan.) 1887-1887, 1887-10-26
An INGENIOUS Advertisement.

New York Telegram: The cheapest
and most ingenious advertisement now
visible is that OF Fulton street halter.
Hung to a telegraph pole in front of
mis- premises is q card board sign with
the question on it, ''Are you color
blind?" In the center of the card is
She Hame Of the Asttter IN flaming Feaa
and in the center of the name white
diamond shape edged with black. Be-
low this card is another perfectly black,
except for diamond shaped space in
the center similar to the one above.
Between these two cards is the infor-
alton that IF you look steadily for
thirty seconds at the diamond in the
name and then transfer your gaze to
The diamond below for thirty seconds
more YOU viii see on the blank card
the name YOU saw on the above. ii
the name y@u see the second time is
red, your eyesight is all right; if not
red YOU are color blind This is an in
fallible test. And of the thousands
that daily pass the sign it is safe to say
that 40 per cent. try their eyeslght and
see at the same time a sight that tops
the other tw@-to the effect that at no
place in the city can you buy headgear
as cheaply as within.
This natural phenomenon, for such
it Is, is caused, scientists say, by the
bright flame being photographed on
the reuna of the eye by reflected light
and when one looks at white space
the photograph gradually appears to
you rs if pare of the sign. TLen as
slowly as it came. occupying about
thirty seconds to come and 90, it fade;
away. as a Photographic plate would
were il exposed to the light without
first being treated by acids, etc, tC
render the reflection permanent.
The Fulton street mans test, how
ever, is not infallible, for man may
be able to distinguish red, yet, were h
color DlnG, elbow would appear to b.
green ami blue brown.
The signs cost, altogether, abou
$3.50. The value OF the advertising
estimated by an advertising agent, am
from n cold bus. ness standpoint, is 81
Dpr d3v
The Nicodemus enterprise. [volume] (Nicodemus, Kan.) 1887-1887, 1887-10-26
Abolish the Petit coat!

Dress: The habit Of wearing dress,
which causes the quality Of the form
TO be concealed, is the true cause OF all
the errors and strange contorions
which seem !nseparable from women's
dress. It completely alters the char
acter Of the figure and causes an ordin-
ary waist to look large and clumsy.
Dress . man in q wom4n's skirt and
his waist Immediately appears large
ont OF ali proportion TO its hight; and
this result l. the true cause Of the COM
preston Of the waist among most Eu-
ropran nations. TIL il Is removed. Il
Is vain 20 argue against tight lacing.
The maiorltv Of women also seem una
ware how unbecoming a thing Is the
tight bodice. which is the stereoty ped
form on which their dress bodices are
made. They unconsciously Try to i'm
prove upon il by making imitation
vests and waistcosts. and falls of lace
down the front. But with 4 loose. flap
ping skirt. an artistic and becoming
form Of bodice Is on: of the question
for only a tight bodice can give the
hour-glass pinch rendered necessary bT
the globular form the legs assume when
incased in skirts.
The Nicodemus enterprise. [volume] (Nicodemus, Kan.) 1887-1887, 1887-10-26
Duel with a s.. axe.

Last Sunday, says Fririta. Idaho,
boy named Monroe Keys
fought 3 desperate battle with a rattle
snake in . gulch about four miles from
this place. Monroe is stout boy of
fourteen years, and accompanied by his
two sisters, by some. years the seniors
Of Monroe, started from the house to
the spring, a short distance away. to
get 2 pail of water: When near the
foot Of the slant to where the spring
was, to their surprise the party dis ,ov-
cred a huge rattlesuake, which lay
coiled few PAGES in their lead. The
appearance OF the young couple seemed
10 enrage the RATHER to such an extent
that il at once commenced slashing its
tail and Kissing with such fury that the
noise could be heard for a considerable
distance away. Not wanting to be
further disturbed the huge reptile made
dash at the crowd, springing far into
the air and falling on the ground. The
boy remained very much composed,
and with the determi nation of a young
warrior calmly took off his belt and
attacked the snake in a fight to death.
After d struggle of some time the snake
made final spring Mt his antagonist,
and its terrible fangs were cllnched on
either side in the muscular part of the
boys arm, JUST above the elbow. After
the snakes hold had been broken it
dropped from the bleeding wound to
the ground and started to run, but still
having the determination to kill his
enemy. the boy seized it by the tail
and, swinging it around his head. fer
tunately, undoubtedly for the boy, the
reptiles head struck a bowldtr which
lay close by and was crushed, causing
death. Without a moments delay, q
messenger was summoned to this city
for a physician. When DR.. Fortner
and the messenger returned, in COM
pany with B b Bower, of this city,
the unfortunate lad had been well
treated with liquor and his life saved.
Dr.. Former extracted the clothed blood
from the wound, and administered
such other treatment as was necessary,
and left the young man IN a fair way
to recovery. The snake was examined,
and was found to be Of the genuine
diamond stripe, the most poisonous,
measuring four and half feet il
length and fully five inches through
carrying twelve monster rattles. The
boy was of very robust stature, ant
fully the equal of the snake in physical
strength.
The Nicodemus enterprise. [volume] (Nicodemus, Kan.) 1887-1887, 1887-10-26
How They Plant Pearls.

oWhers of grounds at the Pearl
I,slands, IN this bay. and which islands
nave been unproductive since the
tpsari-yielding oysters died off, might
saAe hint from the Chinese, who
Pr Practice oyster culture to 4 consider
sol extent, and whose bamboo oyster
selus are prepared far more carefully
saan a held for the growth of the sugar
sale' Holes are bored in the old
o o Shells ana these are stuck on
P,eceS Of split bamboo about two feet
i i. eagth, which are then planted close
y losether on mud hats. between high
~ apa low water mark, but subject TO
sAohg tlCal currents. These are sup
pSseo to bring the oyster spat. which
S 1aneTes to the old shells, and shortly
bssssalopes into tiny oysters. Then the
se ssuOoos are transpiantcd and SET
m soale Inches apart, until within SIX
I, oO.5 OF the first planting they are
o ,Sanu to be covered with well grown
ss1efs, which are then collected for the
-lafKet.-Paaanaa Star and Herald.
The Nicodemus enterprise. [volume] (Nicodemus, Kan.) 1887-1887, 1887-10-26
Photographing in Texas.

A sallow-complexioned old lady. ac-
companied by Il phenomenally unpre-
possessing daughter, recently walked
into an Austin photograph gallery.
"Be you the Photographic MANI"
she inquired.
Eyes, man," replied the artist in
plate-@lass and chemicals, lean do
anything for yOu?"
mo, | reckon not. I'm too far over
the border for YOU to waste any of your
mechanical genius on me. It's my
darter, Partheny, here. that | want
tuck. Can't yer sOrter mitergate that
complexion a little, and build up that
nose that was broke by fallin' outer
winder?'
al think I cam" replied the artist.
1--we seen pictures of dead loads of
our relations. an I've alters noticed
that the picturs battered them might
ily. know enough of the biz to rec
ognize that you haye got everything
in Your own hands. You kin make a
woman like a iimplecute of the first
water, or Mrs. Langtry, jest as yer
please. Say, can't yer take in Par
thenv's ears a few so she won't look so
much like male rabbit?
"There will be no difficulty in that"
.How about that air squint in her
left eye?" ~,
II can touch it up with India ink. y
.1Vhat particular pose do you think
best for Partheny's style of beauty,
/ full circus or side show?'
You mean quarter view or profile. -
81 cuess l do. You see the photo
graph is goin' TO young Teller what
| nut an advertisement in the paper for
correspondents. and Partheny 5 writin'
10 him. Now you see it won't hurt for
the pictur. to sorter mitergate her lit
tie blemishes. You'll do the fair thing
by Partheny, won't yer?"
Certainly. madam, I'll do my best.
"Welr all right then. Jest go ahead
and square her shoulders back jest a
trife. and bring the nose down fine,
wine off them freckles and tone down
her ears-an' the hair! 1t won't be
Fed in the pictur, will it?'
80 no. there will be no color shown
but black. .,
+hanv. what would that young man
think If YOU sent him an oil paintin
taken from life! Kin l stay IN the
room?"
30 yes"
"All right. Strike an attitood. Par
thcny. that won't give yer away, anC
we'll rope in that young man rs SURE
as you're foot high. '-Ie1aS o'J''"SS
The Nicodemus enterprise. [volume] (Nicodemus, Kan.) 1887-1887, 1887-10-26
An american Girls Triumnh

Inc ceremony of defehtino = taos;s
Is the final exercise which IS exoctnd
or Fe*lsian medical student nreno,a
My 70 receiving tie college diploma.
l he occasion always draws together
the friends of the student, ard il 0en-
orally tringed aRd vatiegated with finn
ana trolic, with gifts OF flowers. and
Wl'h complimentary dinner IL the
new made doctor of medicine. Rnt
Che chlef feature ii this dav is a severe
eAan1infeticn Of the candidates hv tho
cohege bigwigs who sit in Solemn sto.s3
arrayed in red silk gowns and wearing
scarlet caps. The candidate. whether
mare or fehlale, is dressed in a black
gown with white fichu. And when
MISS Bradley stepped into the arena
clad IN this traditional tarb. The
general comment df the audience was.
dow like F0rtia in the trial scene
o. tiae Merchant of Venice"
II was known to Miss Bradlev's
colleSe mates and other friends that
ner thesis would be on "Iodism," and
that she had taken a year to write
an elaborate book on the subject
which will soon be repbblished in En-
land from the Original French. For
ar hour and half she was questioned
Wlt5 great shrewdness and ability bv
-FOUR OF the leading professors of the
Ecole Gle Medecine-Drs. Fournier.
Gautier, Porchet, and Robin. Each
Of these gentlemen mad previously re-
ceived 9 copy of Miss Bradlev's bold
booh4 and they had brought their
COPIES to the examining room with
multidinous Interrogation marks on
the margins, showing that the new
treatise had not only been carefully
read, but had excited much curiosity
and attention. Miss Bradley had the
great advantage of an unhackneyed
theme, which she skilfully Illustrated
by numerous array Of unfa miliar
facts.
Her triumph was Of very peculiar
character. Her four examiners said
70 her, with admiring frankness:
you have been working a new
field; we cannot agree with many of
your conclusions; further investigation
may lead either yourself or us to differ
ent views; but, meanwhile you have
presented to the college a thesis which
does you uncommon honor, and for
which we unanimously award you the
maximum mark of merit"
After the announcement of the award,
Miss Bradley was entertained at dinner
by Miss Augusta Klumpke. the first
female physician who has ever been
admitted to practice in the hospitals of
Paris. Both these ladies are Americans
Miss Kumpke from San Francisco,
and Miss Bradley from New York.
The grandfather of the latter, Henry
Bradley, was once candidate for the
Governorship of the Empire State; her
father, Ogden Bradley, is banker,
and the Right Reverend Bishop Nealy
of Maine is her uncle.-PittSbWrg Dis
patch.
The Nicodemus enterprise. [volume] (Nicodemus, Kan.) 1887-1887, 1887-10-26
A Sudden Sensation

or chilness invading the backbone, fol-
lowed by Pushes and profuse perspiration.
parience. from report. What's the best
thing on the programmed QuinineP A
dang rous remedy, truly Produces carries
Of tie bones. only affords temporary relief
tent but safe one-Hostetter's stomach Bit
trrs, a certain speedy means Of expelling
from the system every trace OF the virus OF
miasma. Use it promptly, persistently.
The r. sult-a cure Is certain to follow the
use ST this beneficent restorative OF hea tn.
-DvsRuAnsiav IiYer- cnmnlHlnt.- neEXouS- ALL
ments, rheumatism and inactivity OF the
kidn VS. and bladder. are also among the
maladfes permanently remediable tn ough
the genial al of this wholeS ONE botanic
medicine, recommended by the medical
fraternity.
The Nicodemus enterprise. [volume] (Nicodemus, Kan.) 1887-1887, 1887-10-26
Senator Vests Story.

Mr. Vest, while not a success as a
political prophet, is one of the best
story telleE in the Senate. One day
something was said in his presence
ABOUT the negro as a soldier. Vest con-
lenoed that in exact, literal obedience
Q and enforcement Of orders the
rolored soldier is unsurpassed. He
sad; "After the war | went up the
river to Shreveport on steamboat.
There was large quantity Of Govern
ment cotton on the levec, protected by
negro sentries, and there were strict
orders against smoking. | went
ashore with Maj. Gillespie. Now the
MAJOR was one Of the best fellows in
sie void and he was such stickler
lor Yperbrity on account of birth and
rage that he would hardly admit that
we Caucasian and the negro were
proper subjects for comparison. He
was man OF fiery temper, too, and
!, @ithal as brave as q lion. AS he was
ilgntlng cigar at the gangway | re
MARKED; Major, the orders against
smoElng are very strict" Never
mind, hk replied, '"I don't see any
Op0y about except Niger guards. !"
YELL vi had not walked dozen
Yards wien we heard the commando:
Halt and the click Of trigger as
~ ny namher was raised. We halted.
mere stood soldier, black as the ace
y spades, looking at us along the
ssinnlning barrel Of 4 Springfield rifle.
Drap "a segah," he said. The Major
; !. 1T the gun, at the man behind
y, y at the 'segah, and then he let the
lighted u 'segah' drop to the ground.
lromp out dem sparks was the next
s Y Again the Major looked at
ale gun and the man behind it and then
a ~. meetly 'tromped ont dem sparks.
aller we got away | offered the Major
segah, but he said he didn't be-
1ribuas.
The Nicodemus enterprise. [volume] (Nicodemus, Kan.) 1887-1887, 1887-10-26
.odote OF Admiral Lnce.

p;chhere, an attorney, Of
JOIN :. = during 1864 and 1865
ascity Wa under Admiral Luce ON
Abb iEpll;s as Macedonia and Santee Of
I sastIp Atlantic Squadron, and lie
5s No Iars som some stories of the Admiral
snsIll ~ Snlsarticularly apropos at this
6pss ..c,ll,n he said to a Tribune re,
q rec osterday, zone story that had
goter y g hearing on lis career as
,Ftcuslaa, or AT that time | served
ssVal o. Is, as a Commander in the
5ad'r s I'M, which position he has been
1ssF,. llgT promoted since. He was
fg5 l. ssrcbablv one Of che ablest sea-
sd ! 1 p tbe United States navy; and
psn iin \ M by which he caeae
BE eli s,ah are what my story deals
g = o , @rsSrticularly. t happened
IrIn 4 f. If years before the war, and
'ul nv tben midshipman in service.
es ~as was a party given, at which tive
i !, SrlSommodores were invited who bad
'd ! G SOen On. speaking terms for d great
le a. o' and they were seated next to
N other, as It happepSd. Next to
En- a. cat at Young MID b,pman Luce, full
l VI like all widshipmen, and he
e.t,;i i his time BY pInning their coat
a Ms together. They had on their naval
5 s uniforms with the long coat.
81 vou understand, and il was no
-. s iificult matter to fagtoh them TO-
alter during the course Of the dinner.
gsH when every one arose these two
as WAS very natural
sdpr the circumstances, started ia
nnosite directions, and then came tO
H abrupt halt. Just how the AFFAIR
nded that night ] don't knew, but of
ogrse It was evident that some one
. 70 blame for the trick, and an in
sstication was ordered. | suppose
III can't just see how this affected
dmiral Lgcc'S seamanship in after
ears, but ! am coming to that. lis
reney in the matter was discovered,
ID he was tried and suspended from
Q navy for ten years. Ordinarily
at would have meant absolute re-
-ement. But Admiral Ludu was too
voted to the sea and he straightway
tered the merchant marine, which
that time was just at its prime, It
IS the experience he gained during
3 ten years expulsion THAI made him
e Of the ablest seamen in the navy;
was that which gave him the expert
&C and knowledge to write the first
d best work on seamanship and
val construction eXtant, a work
lich is ?. textbook 1T the Annapolis
val academy now, and has been for
,reLt many years, 1t is odd how
pc thoughtless prank will sometimes
luence persons after life, isn't it?
lat tying of the coattails together
We Admiral Luce q great deal of ex-
rience he would probably not have
lerwise gotten.
He reentered the navy just about
commencement of the War of the
bellion, when such men as he were
st needed. He is fine seaman, o
Cd officer, and a splendid disciple
RAN. - Chicago Tribune.
The Nicodemus enterprise. [volume] (Nicodemus, Kan.) 1887-1887, 1887-10-26
The Honest Dakota Farmer.


"Well, the old bay boss is dead"
said the Dakota man. lis that SOP"
said his wife. Eyes, jes' died an Pm
mighty glad of it--he want good fer
nothing no more, an I reckoned I'd
have to kill him." Then the man
journeyed to the town. 81 heard you
lost horse last night" said the editor
of local paper Eyes, | did-the
best boss 1 had, wouldn't have took
5000 fer him. Say, l reckon you'll
have to wait till mother fall fer that
money! didn't s'pose | was goin' to
have so much bad luck when | signed
fer yer paper" And then when the
paper comes out it contains this item:
''Farmer Cockleburr reports the loss
OF a valuable horse Wednesday night
1t was a fine carriage animal, and had
trotted inside of three minutes. It IS
a heavy loss for him in these hard
times. "-Dak0td Bell.
The Nicodemus enterprise. [volume] (Nicodemus, Kan.) 1887-1887, 1887-10-26

Davenport BuslEess CclleZep eioEaFlTse - y
Departments. Per Catalogues address, =. &
Duncan. Eaver OFT. tEoEA
DR. James Curtis Goth. EaslteT arc 70
finer Of the PhHa8elpeis E.8nt, hAs TeslsEea
sf;e- : term O. Aerv.e= eoTsTiGg r@Fao-i
% forty yea-s. Or. Boota Il 4aou' four fco-s'
Is vssu-to-so and s&ys &C haa sersad Cseae
san long enough 10 deserve rest IN La de-
Ching yeErH-
The Nicodemus enterprise. [volume] (Nicodemus, Kan.) 1887-1887, 1887-10-26

Is what you often hear said whek the pros
pective groom is the victim of catsrrh. "Hov
can she bear such BREATH" "How resolve
to Ink her destiny with that Ct one with a
disease, that unless arrested, will end in con-
SUMPTION. or perhaps in INSANITY" Let the
husband hat is. or is tn b., get DR.. Ssg's
CAtarrh r medy, and cure hlmself before 1t is
too late. b. druggists.
The Nicodemus enterprise. [volume] (Nicodemus, Kan.) 1887-1887, 1887-10-26

~. eeearly all the women Of the Sal
ia .soh Army have heart worked IN
ea as,a-lnk upon the right shoulder, in
d; a. any one IF them i taken sick or
e s.ss away from home, OF II foreign
tSs ll.sly, the sign of tho heart Will en-
M nef to care or n suitable burial az
So pense Of TIE entire organization
eo,s5 asEer whether she + or Is NOT III
NeVa Standing. ALBANY Journal
The Nicodemus enterprise. [volume] (Nicodemus, Kan.) 1887-1887, 1887-10-26

FREE!-To MERCHANTS ONLY: A
triple-plated Silver Set Is knives, 6
forks. 6 tea spoons. sugar spoon, l
butter knife), in satin-lined case. Ad-
dress at once, &. W. TASsuL & Co.,
50 State Street, Chicago
The Nicodemus enterprise. [volume] (Nicodemus, Kan.) 1887-1887, 1887-10-26
Not Necessarily Sick.

Somerville Journal: Don't think,
just because woman Is quiet for a
time, that she is necessarily sick. The
chances are that she is only thinking
of what she will say next day.
The Nicodemus enterprise. [volume] (Nicodemus, Kan.) 1887-1887, 1887-10-26

A fine show OF ehryssnthcmurns should
go0a appear IN TIE p1o!ic grounds 81 hssh-
IL tou. tie superintendent having some
months ago planted 1o,o00 plants for their
decoration the present autumn
The Nicodemus enterprise. [volume] (Nicodemus, Kan.) 1887-1887, 1887-10-26

-Wl.h 81. 600 capital Connecticut man
Eeut 20 Australia = rear aua bail Ego sc Z
vnt his raouey into skAtI1g r4nks. IL Il fhsd
that 20 nos uwns fourteen and thAt theT Hei
hlre $4,000 Z rear
The Nicodemus enterprise. [volume] (Nicodemus, Kan.) 1887-1887, 1887-10-26
e Pertinent INQUIRY.

New York Sun: Mamma" said a
little girl on her way home from fash
ionable church. care people who sit in
the middle aisle wickeder than those at
one side"
Certainly not, dear. WhyP"
Because the minister only preached
to them"
The Nicodemus enterprise. [volume] (Nicodemus, Kan.) 1887-1887, 1887-10-26
To Consumptives,

or those with weak lungs splitting o: blood,
bronchitis, or kindred affections If throat or
lungs, send 10 cents Ia stamps FIR Dr.. T. V
Perre's treatise on these n,aladies. Address
the doctor, Buffalo, n. 7.
The Nicodemus enterprise. [volume] (Nicodemus, Kan.) 1887-1887, 1887-10-26

-workmen laying the foundation of a
road shed in Portland, Maine. on September
l. found ice thirteen feet below the eur ace.
This shows that In not summer Maine thaws
ont for q distance down.
The Nicodemus enterprise. [volume] (Nicodemus, Kan.) 1887-1887, 1887-10-26
Bronchitis is cured by frequent small doses
OF Pls0's cure ;Or consumption.

A hospital for animals is projected In
L ;udOp, with free diepensarics In the poorer
quarters, where, besides treatment for sun r
lur animals, lectures can be given ara
pamphlets distributed for public instruction.
The Nicodemus enterprise. [volume] (Nicodemus, Kan.) 1887-1887, 1887-10-26

Letters snd business PAPERS are easy 10
I'D wheu wanted, II aled In 81 Amber2
Cabinet Letter hla. Cameron, AmoeTz & Co
mar1faetu-ers. CAlc4Eo.
The Nicodemus enterprise. [volume] (Nicodemus, Kan.) 1887-1887, 1887-10-26

DR.. Baiss0n, OF PARIS, claims to cure by
dropnobia by hot baths often repeated. He
makes the patient remain continually IN hot
room, and tie baths are made as hot as 142
degrees.